Sobol v. Union Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Union Railway Company of Hew York City, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 16th day of January, 1907, upon tiie verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on tlie 13th day of February, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a statutory action* to recover for the death of Joseph Sobol, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defend*818ant.' On the evening of the 14th day of July, 1904, at about half-past seven o’clock, the decedent, who was nine years and five weeks of age, was struck by a north-bound car of the defendant on Third avenue, between One Hundred and Fifty-fifth and One Hundred and Fifty-sixth streets, and sustained injuries which resulted in his death. We are of opinion that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. It does not appear that the decedent…
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